Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-06-15
Audsnried Professor OF History-A Varied and
Active Literary Career.

Auoonried Professor OF AistOry-A Varied and
Active Literary Career.
Rev. Joseph Henry Dubbs d. d., Auden.
ried professor Of history and archaeology In
franklin and Marshall college, was born
October 5, 1888, at North White Hall, near
Allentown, Pa He is the second son OF tho
late Rev. Joseph s. Dubbs, ID. D., who was
for more than thirty years pastor of Zon's
Reformed Church, Allentown. His elder
brother, Rev. A. J. G. Dubbs, D. D., is now
pastor OF Salem church, in the same city.
The Dubbs, or Dubs, family il remotely
Of bohemian origin. During the HUSTLE
wars they removed to Styria, in Austria, and
subsequently to Switzerland. Here they set.
tied ct BirmsDsdorf, near Zurich, where
some OF them still reside. One of them, a
distinguished statesman, was, some years
ego president OF the Swiss confederation (;
smother occupies high position In the army.
1t 10 on record that the head OF the family
lost his life at the battle Of Csppe, In 1881, at
the side OF Zwingli, the reformer. The ances.
tor OF the American branch was born at Bir.
mensdorf August 81, l7lO He emigrated to
America In 1882 and purchased from the
Penn family tract of unoccupied land in
the northern part OF Philadel pha county,
which is IN part still in possession OF his de.
scendants.
The subject OF this sketch was sent at an
early age to tho Allentown seminary, an in
stttutiOn which has since developed into
Muhlenberg college. Here hs remained for
four years and a.hslf, acquiring in the mean
time minute grammatical familiarity with
the sophomore clsss in Franklin and
Marshall college, where he graduated with
honor in 1856. After q course OF three years
In the theological seminary at Mercersburg
no was graduated In 1859, and was licensed
of hn hnIs a tn
burg, ON the 23d OF October OF the same year.
Immediately after his ordination Mr.. Dubbs
became his fathers assistant in Allentown,
and after two years he assumed entire charge
o! the congregation. The charge numbered
about twelve hundred members, aud was
very laborious. In February, 1865, he &C.
copied call from Trinity Reformed church,
fottstown, Pa, taking charge at the same
In Berks, and Limerick, in Montgomery
county. In this charge his labors were very
suCcessfuL The membership increased ran
IDLY, and after several years he was re quired
~ the authorities OF the church to rssgn his
country congregations for the purpose OF Civ.
Ing his whole time TO the church in Potts.
town. In the latter place large brow,,.stone
church was erected which is still greatly al.
During this time Mr.. Dubbs began to de-
vote special attention 10 literary and hist0r.
ioal 8udisA At the request Of DR.. Hsrbaugh
he began TO write for The Guardian, and
subsequently, Contributed 10 msgaz ines, In
pTose and versa He was also regular oor-
respondent Of Dor HaMsfreund, Q German
periodical. His earliest contribution to the
nsrccrstmrg Review appeared In April,
le60, and was entitled "NOminalism and
nealism." He reviewed books regularly for
Ne Boston Literary UOrid and has long
coneributed t0the New York Independent.
- Nay, lS he accepted Q call 70 the pcs.
ssae .! Christ Reformed church, Philsdsl.
1hn church had suffered greatly |
sn seos9s dt..ensions, and 1t wss at the |
S.s.s ~ skoslaiaeion Of the friends of the |
-: Hsss - lsbossd Tor about four % ysSra
~ SSs.se snis peE;od ths msm6ersSip Of
I. -;Ssss6 - ~. ~ 4. - ieese doubled. He CON.
SsSS s0SsevS - vas from 1879 70 ISIS 4 snec,si
6s,ck nss.ss spoadent os the Reformsd
Z sSsrce ~ ~ ~, sometimes having entire
~ !eeeeg paper In the stSenra n
~ sPeles sditos. He slso dsiivsss%d % a. ~. ~ |
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